Author Archives: hiarctow

Listen to a track from the new Beithíoch album

Posted on September 12, 2011 by hiarctow
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Síol Na Gréine – Incandescence reworked for 2011

Posted on July 7, 2011 by hiarctow

In line with our ethos of continual improvement and efforts to weed out the inadequate in favor of the superlative, Síol Na Gréine have released a reworked and improved version of 2008 album Incandescence. The debut album of this project, … Continue reading →

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Email working again

Posted on May 22, 2011 by hiarctow

Email sorted. info [at] hiarctow.com for any enquiries or feedback.

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Site back online

Posted on May 18, 2011 by hiarctow

The site is back online after some issues with the hosts, that have thankfully now been resolved. As a result, a couple of old news items have been lost and the FAQ page needs to be rebuilt. There seems to … Continue reading →

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Metal and Medieval music

Posted on April 30, 2011 by hiarctow

Comparison #1: – Machaut – Gloria from The nostre dame mass – Timeghoul – Boiling in the Hourglass Comparison #2: Kyrie from The Templar’s Chant Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath After this, [...] present the Kyrie chant, whose liturgical … Continue reading →

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New Cryosyncopy album – Black Ocean: download free

Posted on April 28, 2011 by hiarctow

Cryosyncopy is back with a new album, the first in two years for the project. Black Ocean combines the moody, spacious, picturesque sound of debut album Recollection of Lost Fragments with the gritty cyberpunk beats and structures of side project … Continue reading →

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HI ARC TOW Presents: Khand

Posted on April 25, 2011 by hiarctow

Khand is a one-man cosmic ambient project from Boston MA. Fusing themes of the ancient world and space into journey-like fantasy music, Khand resembles the classic progressive ambience of Tangerine Dream and Neptune Towers shaded with the cavernous ritualistic aura … Continue reading →

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HI ARC TOW interview with drop-d.ie

Posted on March 30, 2011 by hiarctow

We recently did an interview with Irish music website Drop-d.ie, discussing the future of digital music and of hi arc tow. heres a few excerpts: I think standards have fallen. I don’t think we as a public meant to get … Continue reading →

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Mushin/Cryosyncopy Bandcamp page goes live

Posted on January 9, 2011 by hiarctow

A joint Bandcamp page for Mushin/Cryosyncopy is now online at cryosyncopy-mushin.bandcamp.com. This means that, like Beithíoch, you can now stream music from both these projects over at their respect pages on this site as well as avail of the existing … Continue reading →

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High-quality Beithíoch streams at beithioch.bandcamp.com

Posted on January 8, 2011 by hiarctow

Beithíoch has just launched a page at Bandcamp.com. On it you can stream high quality versions of Beithíoch’s album Aisling Dhorcha and mini-album An Sealgaire. Downloads aren’t currently not active on there, but the possibility of purchasable downloads of FLACs … Continue reading →

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